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Light in August / William Faulkner.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
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Field name	Details
ISBN	0099283158 (paperback)
ISBN	9780099283157 (paperback)
Name	Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 author.
Title	Light in August / William Faulkner.
Published	London : Vintage, 2005.
Published	©1932.
Description	381 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	First published in Great Britain: Chatto & Windus, 1952.
Summary	Lena Grove's resolute search for the father of her unborn child begets a rich, poignant, and ultimately hopeful story of perseverance in the face of mortality. It also acquaints us with several of Faulkner's most unforgettable characters, including the Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and Joe Christmas, a ragged, itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry.
Awards note	Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Subjects	Racially mixed people -- Fiction
	Drifters -- Mississippi -- Fiction
	Unmarried mothers -- Mississippi -- Fiction
	Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction
Series	Vintage classics
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Drifters -- Mississippi -- Fiction . Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction . Racially mixed people -- Fiction . Unmarried mothers -- Mississippi -- Fiction . Authors: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 . Series: Vintage classics .